The climate of Stromboli does not hold out much pros- 

 pect of this plant being hardy enough to bear English 

 winters, without some kind of protection ; 1 do not however 

 anticipate any difficulty in preserving it against a wall on a 

 well drained border. 



In foliage it bears a striking resemblance to C. proli- 

 ferus, but its flowers are altogether different. Its real affinity 

 seems to be with C. trijiorus, from which it differs in being a 

 much larger and more woody plant, with terminal racemes 

 of flowers, in its larger, deeper and more distinctly campa- 

 nulate calyx, and smooth, not hairy pods. It seems as if 

 it were an intermediate species between C. Laburnum and 

 C. trijiorus. 



